Sony has the nerve to charge for online?

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With all of Sony's recent financial trouble, I can't really blame them for charging for something that most people don't seem to mind paying for. If you want to blame anyone, blame everyone that threw money at Microsoft for their online service for the past 10 years. At least we get some insane discounts with PS+ and "free" games.

And, it's not like they are blocking other online features (I am NOT taking a jab at MS), and are only charging for multiplayer, and are giving you "free" games across 3 platforms, and some pretty amazing discounts.

Heck, some games even come with a PS+ discount on launch...examples that I can think of were DBZ Battle of Z, and Hakuoki: Stories of the Shinsengumi.

The other problem is. Nintendo continues to have free online pay....... so clearly it is not a real 'cost' issue.

People will say 'o but they got to pay for all these servers' but trust me, allowing you to connect to a lobby for a game like CoD and have voip doesn't really cost them s***. Often times the publisher is handling all the online functionality.

The other problem is. Nintendo continues to have free online pay....... so clearly it is not a real 'cost' issue.

People will say 'o but they got to pay for all these servers' but trust me, allowing you to connect to a lobby for a game like CoD and have voip doesn't really cost them s***. Often times the publisher is handling all the online functionality.

That being said..... this is still a troll topic :P

Nintendo's online infrastructure is laughable, it is a house of card that could come crashing down any moment because they don't know a damn thing about online.